Morningside Elementary's New Butterfly Garden

Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Shania Snagg (left) 11, a 5th-grade student at Morningside Elementary School and Kate O'Neill, of the St. Lucie County Extension Office pant a salvia plant together at Morningside Elementary's new butterfly garden in Port St. Lucie on Thursday. "It was tough, but really coolâ¦it's my favorite color so that's why I picked it," Snagg said about participating in the planting. The staff of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Extension Office along with area Master Gardeners are helping the school's five 5th-grade classes install the butterfly garden along with creating stepping stones for the garden and creating butterfly artwork . "It's a lot of fun to get to teach the kids to plant things that attract butterflies, show them the right way to plant, educating them and it's fun for us too," O'Neill said.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.

ERIC HASERT/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS Images from Morningside Elementary School in Port St. Lucie as members of the St. Lucie County Cooperative Exchange Program, St. Lucie County Master Gardeners and all the 5th-grade students at Morningside Elementary create a butterfly garden at the school on Thursday May 16, 2013.